Tag: side-wheeler Robert Morris

Photographed at Yorktown, VA in May of 1862.

Gibson and Gibson, Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868 says: ROBERT MORRIS; sidewheel steamer; 431 tons; 462 tons. Chartered Dec 28, 1861-Jan 26, 1862; Apr 1, 1862-July 3, 1863. Was employed as troop transport during Peninsular campaign. Chartered Dec 19, 1864-Sept 21, 1865.